Of times - Old and New

Its Monday, and I got up earlier than usual - probably because I slept like a log over the weekend and that's about all the rest my body needs! Well, its sure fun to wake up to the realization that you have those extra 20 minutes to browse your favorite websites and catch up on your social network(s) just a wee bit longer :) I would never have guessed I was going to spend those precious minutes composing this. But hey, a spur-of-the-moment impulse is far more genuine and "dil-se" than a planned out precis!

What makes me write this is that on our beloved Facebook, I saw an update of a friend of mine who joined a community... "You are 10 and you have an iphone and a facebook page, when I was 10 I had a coloring book and crayons"... or some such. So what's the big deal, you say! I say, I wonder about this thought a lot - a commonplace human thought - which in my opinion is unnecessary and inherently erroneous. We notice change everywhere around us each day, by the ticking of the clock, and yet we are so averse to accepting the bigger picture - that times change, and newer generations will always grow to be savvier than the older ones!

Isn't the same true about me, for example? If I had a coloring book and crayons when I was ten, my parents and grandparents probably thought I was the luckiest child in the world. My parents did not even have a single pair of shoes when they were 10, and my grandma was probably married to my grandpa at that age! I write this because I question the very essence of this thought, or notion, or statement, or whatever it is. Is it something so difficult to grasp? I think not :) And more so, is it something fair to say? Again, I think not too! Each new generation must grow and live with the ways of the world as they are when they exist. And if we as humans continue to make new additions to our technologies, our innovations, then it is but expected that these will be adopted by the youth. 

What I care about more than the fact that I didn't have my own internet page (and did not even know the term "internet") at ten, is that, technology or not, savvy or not, crayons or iphone, we need to take care (as responsible human beings) that we are not killing the innocence of the new generation. Its fine for a 10-year-old to have access to the net, so long as they don't wander to its dark side. And that, I believe, is the crux of the problem. Newer generations and older generations will never see eye to eye on what they own or have access to at which age! But what we need to ensure is that we imbibe the same human value system in every generation - so that a 10-year-old can still know how to say "Hi, How are you?" to his elder (or younger) sibling, instead of using their iphone to text them the same :)

I, Me, Myself

A really funny story behind the title When a stone goes miles - So a few days ago, it was my 25th birthday :) Some call it the quarter-life crisis; but lets not stray. Life has enough crises without adding a new one! ... So my sister says to me during our phone conversation, "That's a milestone!". "Yes," I think, "I like milestone. Definitely not crisis!" And that's when my father interjects from behind her... "Yes. Milestone. The stone has gone miles!". Hilarious :) My sis and I were completely thrown off. I liked it so much, that I've shared it with my best of friends - and they appreciated the joke too (knowing me!) - and so here it is. The title of my blog!


Disclaimer: Read at your own risk. Its I, Me, Myself here on ;)


Why the hell am I blogging? I am thinking to myself even as I compose this. I have thought this and munched over it for long (that's what I tend to do as I make any decision!); and I have come up with three excellent reasons

• I love to express myself
• This would be my sweet life documented - and I'd love to have that when I'm gaga and can't remember my own name
• It promotes self-introspection and self-improvement - for those that are skeptically raising their eyebrows or pooh-poohing this, well, go right ahead! You'll see :)

What's in it for me? Everything! I plan it to be my diary, a written account of my experiences, my thoughts, my opinions - in short, my life from my own viewpoint. Modern technology has released us from the necessity of a fountain pen and a notebook; and though I don't question the romance of a hand-written diary, I definitely opt for the digital. Its fast (life's fast now-a-days, no?), less cumbersome (laziness is ingrained in me ;)) and of course more convenient (think of backspace versus crossing out words when you think of better ones!). 

What's in it for you, the reader? Again, everything! Since a reader is interested in reading interesting stories, you won't be disappointed. I believe everyone of us has a story to tell (such a platitude! Nevertheless... true :)). I also believe I have the gift of expression. Put the two together, and what the astute reader will conclude is that I'll tell interesting stories about my experiences. Interesting is a promise - as I myself will be reading these.

Which brings me to my (speedy) conclusion of this post - I plan this blog to be a dialogue. A conversation. I have many personalities living inside of me. Each has its own feelings and attitudes. Each has its merits and its fallacies. Let the dialogue ensue and inform my growth as an individual :) 

To you, the reader, welcome to my world! I hope you accompany me on this wonderful journey as it unfolds, and enrich my life with your presence and participation. May the force of Love be with you always :)